Display-case.



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T. P. BAHR.

DISPLAY CASE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I3. 1915.

Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

IN VEN TOR miren.

THEO'DORE P. BA1-1R, OF SAN FRNCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

DISPLAY-CASE.

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Application filed December 13, 1915.

To all 107mm t may concern Be it known that l, Trinonoiin l). BAHR, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Display-Case, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in display cases for containing coffee, tea, or other salable commodities, where itis desirable to makean attractive display and offer an easy means of inspection without opening the case, and it may be said to consist in the provision of novel and advantageous features, and in the novel and improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts therein, as will be apparent from the description and claims which follow hereinafter.

One object of the invention is to provide a dust proof case with novel and simple retaining means, so that the coffee or the like can be scooped from the :floor of the containing case from an opening approximately on a level with said floor.

Another object is to provide means for holding assorted sizes of paper bags in convenient reach for filling. V

A further object is to provide a case that can be trimmed to suit the general finish of all the fixtures in the store in which it may be installed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, from a careful consideration of the following description, taken in .connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1, is a section of the case taken on line A-*B- Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a rear View partly in section, the section being taken on line C-D-.

The case is built up in units consisting of an upper compartment 1 specially adapted for holding coffee, a lower compartment 2, for holding tea and the like, and a sliding drawer 3, for containing miscellaneous articles, the front side of the case l and 5 are preferably of clear glass, and 6, also of glass, covers the greater part of the top, the hinged board 7, covering the remainder of the top. The hinge 8 of the invisible type, hinges the board 7, to the wood strip 9.

10 are horizontal frame pieces extending across the front and sides at the top, to form dust tight `joints between the glass front, top and sides.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

Serial No. 66,562. i

11 is a partition forming the bottom of the upper compartment, and the top of the lower compartment, the glass front being set into same as shown at 12, and dotted lines 13.

14 forms the bottom of the lowercomn partment, into which the glass front and sides are set as shown at l5, and dotted lines 16.

17, forms the bottom of the case and is spaced from the bottom of the compartment 2, to allow room for the drawer 8.

18 is a support board, and 19 represents ornamental trimming, extending across the front and sides at the bottom.

2O and 21, are ornamental strips, prefer'- ably of metal.

22 is a side board projecting into the upper compartment, from the top rear corner, at an angle to meet the horizontal inwardly projecting board. 23, the said boards extending the full width of said compartment, and forming a triangular projection, in cross section, into said compartment, the said horizontal board being spaced from the bot` tom 11, to allow for an opening for scooping the contents from the said bottom.

24 is a door for closing said opening and is hinged at 25, to a wood strip 26 whichv raises the opening a little above the bottom 11.

27 is a coffee retaining blade, made preferably of sheet metal, extending the full width of the compartment, and mounted on the wood end pieces 28, by screws 29; the said end pieces are pivoted to the side partitions by the bolts 80. The curve of the blade 27, is a true circle with the center at 30 for a portion of surface, and al reverse curve 31, so that the weight of the coifee tends to hold the edge of the blade down near the bottom 11, the distance of which is set by the position of the stop 32 on the end piece 28, which comes in contact with the board 23.

33 is a handle formed on the end piece 28, for raising said blade, the blade is also raised automatically by the action of the scoop when removing the contents. Parallel with the side 22 are spaced boards 34: and 35, forming compartments 36, and 37, for holding paper bags of assorted sizes.

38, forms the back of the lower compartment, and 39 a door hinged at 40.

ill, and 42, are end portions of the case and are preferably of glass. The edge 43 of the blade 27 should be approximately on a level with the top of the strip 26, this position will allow the coffee to run out to about the level shown by the dotted line 44. By pressing down on the handle 83 the edge 43 is raised as shown by the dotted line, and more coffee is allowed to run out. It will be seen that by running the scoop under the edge of the said blade the same action is obi tained, and thus the coffee is retarded just enough to make it convenient for scooping, and at the same time prevent any overflow.

The door 2l has its hinged edges beveled, as shown at 45, and 4G, to allow for clearance of scattered cofl'ec grains when the door is closed.

47 and 48 are partitions preferably of wood.

By the above combination of parts, a most novel, useful, and eliicient device has been evolved.

I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction shown, but am entitled to modifications of the principle shown.

I claim as my invention,

l. A display case of the class described, comprising a compartment entirely inclosed to exclude dust, the front, top, and sides being of transparent glass to allow for inspection of the commodities contained therein, a portion of the top being hinged to allow for iilling the said compartment, a retaining device consisting of a transverse side board extending from the top rear corner at an angle to meet the inner edge of a horizontal inwardly projecting transverse board, said horizontal board being spaced from the floor of said compartment to leave an opening into said compartment, a curved blade pivoted s0 that a circular portion of said blade will rotate in close contact with the underside and adjacent the inner edge of said horizontal board, a reverse curved portion projecting from said circular curved portion with its free edge adjacent the Hoor of said compartment, a stop to limit the movement of said curved blade, a handle for tilting same, a door hinged to a strip extending the full width of said compartment at the rear bottom corner, and closing tightly on the underside of said horizontal board, spaced boards parallel with the said angle side board and joined to the said horizontal board outside to form small open compartments, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a display case of the class described, an inclosed compartment with transparent glass in the front, sides, and top, an opening in the rear of said compartment, and above the level of the floor of said `compartment, a transverse horizontal board eX- tending into said compartment and forming the top of said opening, a transverse board extending into said compartment from the top rear corner at an angle to meet the said horizontal board at a predetermined point within the said compartment, a door for closing said opening, a transverse double curved blade mounted to rotate with one curved portion in sliding contact with the underside of said horizontal board, the other curved portion of said blade reversed with its edge extending toward the floor of said compartment for partially closing said opening to regulate the flow of the contents of said compartment into said opening, a stop for holding said blade with its free edge at a predetermined low point, and a handle for rotating said blade above said low point, to control the flow 0f the contents of said compartment, substantially as described, and for the purpose set' forth.

THEODORE P. BAHR. lVitnesses:

J. H. MORGAN, E. T. KELLY.

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